VERA
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Anonymous
| I know the answer but I keep second guessing myself. I work in a VERY politically-charged agency and have a target on my back with the new administration. They’ve placed me on admin leave and have done this with many others. They are offering me VERA, which I am seriously considering. 22 years, comfortable amount in TSP, a job in the private sector is there for me with comparable salary. I see the writing on the wall with my extremely toxic agency and know I should exit now. I have really enjoyed my career and the people at my agency, a very small part of me wants to ride it out. It’s just so sad all around. |
Anonymous
| It is sad. But take the lifetime health insurance and run. |
Anonymous
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Been there. Turned down VERA then mourned the loss of my job/career as it was and started looking, then they offered VERA again and I took it and I have no regrets (except I do feel really bad for the people I left behind).
Anyway my advice would be to take the time to come to grips with the loss of what you had and grieve that and then move forward with what’s best for you now, which is almost certainly the VERA. |
Anonymous
| So jealous. I’m 5 years short of VERA… |
Anonymous
+1 I took the HHS VERA in March and have no regrets. If you have a job waiting for you, your course seems crystal clear. I’m sorry though. I know it’s hard to have to leave a job you love. You can probably go back if there is a return to sanity given how in demand you seem to be. Let that thought comfort you while you embrace a new challenge with guaranteed health care. |
Anonymous
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If you have a job you'd be happy with in the private sector with a comparable salary, then you should go.
I was eligible (just barely) for VERA with the last round of DRP, but can't afford to retire now and jobs in my field are extremely competitive (because so many of my colleagues who left are looking for them, and they were often funded directly or indirectly with government grants that got canceled.) So I am sticking it out, but if I'd had better options I'd have gone in a heartbeat. |
Anonymous
Are you getting another job? Is it enough to live off of? |
Anonymous
| Make sure the private job is stable. Lots of layoffs and other issues right now. |
Anonymous
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Op, I understand and am also working in a similar environment to yours. This is all so very sad and surreal. I go back and forth between the bargaining, anger, and acceptance stages of grief, sometimes multiple times a day.
You have a sweet deal. If I were in your shoes, I would take it and not look back. |
Anonymous
I don't get this. They put you on AL and then offering your VERA? |
Anonymous
| If I qualified for VERA I'd take it and start a new career. |
Anonymous
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Op, what are you waiting for?
This is call a blessing in disguise! |
Anonymous
| Take it and run. |
Anonymous
| You need to take what they’re offering. It sounds like they intend to pursue discipline against you? |
Anonymous
| Just remember that the job you loved no longer exists. That’s not what you would get if you stay. Take what you can and get out. |